Jikes for Java273
The Jikes FAQ can also be found on the above-mentioned web site. Since Jikes is a com-
mand line compiler, it can be used in Makefiles for large projects. The compiler is invoked using
the
jikes
command. The following command lists available options with Jikes:
[root@conformix jikes-1.15]# jikes
Jikes Compiler
(C) Copyright IBM Corp. 1997, 2001.
- Licensed Materials - Program Property of IBM - All Rights
Reserved.
use: jikes [-bootclasspath path][-classpath path][-d dir][-
debug][-depend|-Xdepend][-deprecation][-encoding encoding][-
extdirs path][-g][-nowarn][-nowrite][-O][-sourcepath path][-
verbose][-
Xstdout][++][+B][+c][+OLDCSO][+D][+DR=filename][+E][+F][+Kname
=TypeKeyWord][+M][+P][+Td...d][+U][+Z] file.java...
-bootclasspath path prepend path to CLASSPATH
-classpath path use path for CLASSPATH
-d dir write class files in directory dir
-debug no effect (recognized for
compatibility)
-depend | -Xdepend recompile all used classes
-deprecation report uses of deprecated features
-encoding encoding use specified encoding to read source
files
-extdirs path prepend all zip files in path to
CLASSPATH
-g debug (generate LocalVariableTable)
-nowarn do not issue warning messages
-nowrite do not write any class files
-O do not write LineNumberTable
-sourcepath path also search for source files in path
-verbose list files read and written
-Xstdout redirect output listings to stdout
++ compile in incremental mode
+B do not invoke bytecode generator
+c do not discard comments from lexer
output
+OLDCSO perform original Jikes classpath order
for compatibility
+D report errors immediately in emacs-form
without buffering
+DR=filename generate dependence report in filename
+E list errors in emacs-form
+F do full dependence check except for Zip
and Jar files